CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0198

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.65%

73th percentile - higher than 73% of all known CVEs

Summary

On some systems, the finger .@host command may display information about certain user accounts.

Risk Assessment

This could lead to the disclosure of personal user data, posing a privacy breach risk.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to the finger command or disable it on systems where it is not necessary.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

finger .@host on some systems may print information on some user accounts.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS